Program Assessment Plan
Department Name: Modern Languages & Literatures
Major: BA FRENCH
Student Learning Goals:
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2.
3.
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10.
Speak French with fluency and accuracy.
Comprehend spoken French from a variety of registers and regions, on a variety of topics.
Read texts in French with comprehension.
Write accurate, formal prose in French.
Demonstrate knowledge about the development of Francophone cultures.
Conduct research with scholarly sources in French.
Identify and make appropriate use of information sources in French.
Demonstrate confidence in speaking French.
Cultivate intuition in French, for example through understanding and use of gestures and body language.
Be able to explain one’s own cultural perspective and provide comparisons to those of the target cultures.
Assessment Plan:
Assessment Measure:
Modified ACTFL OPI
(American Council for
the Teaching of
Foreign Languages)
(Oral Proficiency
Interview)
Senior Seminar paper
Senior Seminar oral
presentation
Goals Addressed:
(list by number)
1, 2, 8, 9, 10
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10
Updated: March 14, 2006
How is the information used?
Once per year, the faculty member administering the OPI reports
the results to the French faculty and to the Chair. The results are
used by the French Section to improve instruction, student
advising, and/or to modify learning goals or curriculum. The
French Section Head is responsible for initiating warranted
changes.
Once per year, the faculty member teaching the Senior Seminar
reviews the Senior Seminar papers with the French faculty. The
results are used by the French Section to improve instruction,
student advising, and/or to modify learning goals or curriculum.
The French Section Head is responsible for initiating warranted
changes. Copies of Senior Seminar papers are kept on file for
program review purposes.
Once per year, Senior Seminar presentations are open to the
public. French faculty may attend directly or receive a report of
the results from the faculty member teaching the Senior Seminar.
The results are used by the French Section to improve instruction,
student advising, and/or to modify learning goals or curriculum.
The French Section Head is responsible for initiating warranted
changes.